CTE News 2009-2010
Download the December 2009 Tennessee Career and Technical Education newsletter.
Skills USA
Skills USA is a national organization serving students who are enrolled in vocational programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations. Members earn the right to compete in their field of study at the regional, state, and national levels. There is a fee to be in this club. Meetings are held in Mr. Monroe's room when announced.
The Culinary Arts classes of teacher Cynthia Hembree at Roane County High School attended the Tennessee Valley Fair and competition in September. Caleb Armes and Kendra Martin placed third in the Skills USA Cake Decorating Competition.
Mr. Monroe's Skills USA Winners
Chris Gilbert 1st place Graphic Design
Zack Becker and Brittney Cook: 2nd Place Education Display.
State Skills USA results:
Justin McCroskey, Brittney Cook, Holey Farris, Randall McCoy, Zack Becker, Mr. Jerry Monroe, CDT
Randall McCoy: 2nd Place State Graphic Communications
CTE News 2008-2009
Outstanding CTE Student of the Year 2009:
Cody Guge - Harriman High School, Congratulatons!
Award presented by CTE Director Lance Duff, and sponsored by the Kingston Rotary Club. Cody is a business owner and editor of the HHS Annual Staff.
HHS-OSHS 2009 Disaster Training Drill
Rockwood High School FBLA members recently attended the State Leadership Conference held in Chattanooga. Congratulations to the following students who competed and placed as follows:
- Jacob Kelley, 1st place – Personal Finance
- Sarah Burgess, 2nd place – Business Communications
- Nick Loden, 3rd place – Technology Concepts
- Michelle Edwards, 3rd place – Business Math
- Parker McCullough, 4th place – Introduction to Business
Students who placed 3rd or higher are eligible to compete at the National Leadership Conference to be held in Anaheim, California, in June. Job well done!
Lucy Kirkham - Business Technology RHS
Honorary State FFA Degree
Congratulations to the students from MHS that received the Honorary State FFA Degree at the East Tennessee State Degree Judging in February. They are from left to right: Andrew Halcomb, Ethan Carter, Angel Edgemon, and Dillion Willett. The livestock judging team will be competing March the 11th at the East Tennessee Region Competition at UT.
Robin Dalton - Ag Instructor MHS
Regional DECA Competition
The following students won their regional DECA competition and will be competing in DECA State Competition March 8-10, 2009, in Nashville, TN.
- TJ Ingram and Emily Ridenour won for Business Law and Ethics Team Event
- Tyler Basler won for Food Marketing Individual Event
- Sara Miller won for Restaurant and Food Service Management Individual Event
- Kristi Byrd won for Quick Serve Restaurant Management Individual Event
Cheryl Kennedy - Marketing Instructor RCHS
FBLA Region 7 Conference/Competition
FBLA Region 7 Conference/Competition was held at Roane State Community College in Harriman on Friday, February 13, 2009. Six students from Oliver Springs High School competed and will advance to the state level competition in April.
- Tabitha Tinker – 5th place Business Communications
- Emily Langford – 1st place Word Processing I
- Allyson Witt – 1st place Job Interview
- Allyson Witt – 1st place Bill Radcliff Scholarship
Allyson Witt also served as the Region 7 Secretary and participated in the Awards Ceremony at the conference.
These students will attend the FBLA State Conference/Competition in Chattanooga, April 1-4.
Teresa Woods - Business Technology Instructor
Representing Rockwood High School 9 students competed and qualified to advance to the State Conference in Chattanooga.
- Sarah Burgess– 1st place Business Communications
- Jacob Kelley– 1st place Personal Finance
- Michelle Edwards– 1st place Business Math
- Parker McCullough– 1st place Introduction to Business
- Codi Craig – 2nd place Job Interview
- Nick Loden – 2nd place Technology Concepts
- Sarah Christopher– 3rd place Introduction to Business
- Wesley McCreary– 3rd place Job Interview
- Whitney Stooksbury – 5th place Word Processing I
Lucy Kirkham - Business Technology Instructor
HOSA Regional Competition
The results are in, OSHS and HHS have great students with superlative scores. Listed below are our winners.
Congratulations!
Representing Oliver Springs High School:
- HOSA Newsletter 2nd - presented by Kayla Lawson
- Extemporaneous Health Poster 2nd - Tiffany Clinton
- Extemporaneous Writing 1st - Kaitlin West
- Medical Terminology 3rd - Kayla Gentry
Representing Harriman High School:
- Health Issues Exam 1st - Cody Thomas
- Researched Persuasive Speaking 2nd - Amber Murphy
- Physical Therapy Assisting 3rd - Tyler Morris
- Medical Spelling 3rd -Micah Underwood
- HOSA Newsletter 3rd - presented by Nicole Lloyd
All of these students are eligible to attend State Competition, in addition to the 8-10 who are in the running for the Barbara James Service Award. Also there are 4 students eligible for the National Recognition Program. HOSA State Competition is Monday - Wednesday, March 23rd - 25th.
Ronna Carlton RN MSN CCRN - Health Science Instructor
RCHS HOSA students did very well at Regional competition with both teams coming in second place. The Community Awareness Team did a project on Teen Pregnancy. The team consisited of Danielle Breeden, Megan Leffew, Taelor May, and Tori May. The Career Health Display Team consisted of Kirby Beverly and Holly Parkison. Their display was on Nurse Practitioners. Both teams will be attending State competition in Chattanooga March 23-25. Congratulations to both teams for all the hard work!
Carol Smith R.N. - Health Science Instructor
Early Childhood Development
Scott Mason - Principal, Midway High School
CTE Student Susanna Dewey has been selected as a finalist in the Nationwide Learning National Book Challenge. She is a student at Midway High School. Susanna wrote a book as part of a class assignment and has been selected as a finalist in the Nationwide Learning National Book Challenge. Based on front cover appeal, illustrations, storyline and following correct publishing guidelines, Susanna’s book will go against the best of the rest in the nation with the winner being announced in May.
Pictured: Susanna Dewey and her teacher, Mrs. Patsy Blount.
Graphic Communications / Graphic Design News
Roane County High School - Jerry Monroe
First Place Graphic Design Tennessee Valley Fair - Brittney Cook
Second Place Education Display Tennessee Valley Fair 2008 - Holly Farris
Great job to FCCLA, they had three 9th graders place in the Flour Muffin Making Contest at the TVA & I Fair. They were :
Flour Muffin Making Contest Winners Matilyn Lands: 3rd place
Ashante' Hall: 6th place
Torie McGowan: 8th place
These students won with about 300 entries.
HHS FCCLA members are reaching out to the community during this holiday season. Members have "adopted" some residents at Marshal Voss Nursing Home. These residents will be receiving Christmas gifts.
HHS FCCLA will also have members at the Roane County Operation REACH on Saturday December 13th. These members will be assisting children in shopping for their families in the county-wide holiday event.
HHS FCCLA will be preparing refreshments for the senior parents at the Financial Aid Night on December 9th.
by Tina Ruffner - FACS Instructor
Hosa Week Recap - 
Nov. 2-7 was National HOSA week. RCHS and MHS did activities througout the week to celebrate. Posters were placed throughout the schools educating students on influenza- signs, symptoms, prevention, etc. The students also put up posters re: teen prescription drug abuse. On Wednesday, Life Star flew to RCHS for Health Science Ed. students to tour. On Friday, both RCHS and MHS held a mock disaster presentation for the student body in the gym at both schools. The dsiaster was a tornado and the students demonstrated how a disaster such as this would be handled. Scott Stout from Roane County Emergency Management and First Responders also participated. MHS will be going to Roane Med. Center to job shadow in the month of December.
by Carol Smith R.N. - Health Science Instructor
View a gallery of HHS HOSA Boot Camp photos
